A treatise on wood engravings : historical and practical (1881)
Chatto, William Andrew, 1799-1864, Jackson, John, 1801-1848, Bohn, Henry G. (Henry George), 1796-1884 · New York : J. W. Bouton · leaf 666
they are beautifully engraved. In the wider and stronger cross-hatchings THE PEACTICE OF WOOD ENGEAVING. 601 of the drapery above, the small black touches previously mentioned areperceived in the lozenge-shaped interstices. From an opinion that the excellence of an engraving consists chieflyin the… … produced by simpler means. Cross-hatchings, properly introduced,undoubtedly improve a subject; and some parts of large figures, suchas the leg of Dentatus, cannot be well expressed without their aid, asa series of curved lines on a limb, when not crossed, generally cause itto appear stiff and…
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